The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN, 1945-09-12. JAPANESE GARDENS PLANTED IN THE HILLS NEAR TUNNEL HILL ROAD, ADJACENT TO RABAUL TOWNSHIP. THE JAPANESE GARRISON AT RABAUL DEPENDED ON SUCH GARDENS FOR MOST OF THEIR FOOD, AND MANY AREAS SURROUNDING THE BASE WERE GIVEN OVER TO CULTIVATION. THE EXTENT OF THE ACTIVITY WAS SURVEYED BY TROOPS OF 4 INFANTRY BRIGADE AFTER THEIR OCCUPATION OF RABAUL FOLLOWING THE JAPANESE SURRENDER.
RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN, 1945-09-10. ONE OF THE MANY GARDENS IN RABAUL. GARDENS WERE PLANTED EVERYWHERE, EVEN WHERE HOUSES ONCE WERE. FOLLOWING THE SURRENDER OF THE JAPANESE THE AREA IS NOW OCCUPIED BY TR
RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-17. OFFICERS OF 2/4 ARMOURED REGIMENT INSPECTING JAPANESE TYPE 95 HA-GO LIGHT TANKS IN A TUNNEL BEHIND RABAUL TOWNSHIP. FOLLOWING THE SURRENDER OF THE JAPANESE. AUSTRALIA
RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-17. AN OFFICER OF 2/4 ARMOURED REGIMENT STANDING NEAR ONE OF SIX JAPANESE TYPE 95 HA-GO LIGHT TANKS IN A TUNNEL BEHIND RABAUL TOWNSHIP. FOLLOWING THE SURRENDER OF THE JAPA
RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN, 1945-09-12. A PARTY OF NATIVES SAID TO HAVE WORKED FOR THE JAPANESE IN THE TUNNEL HILL ROAD AREA, ADJACENT TO RABAUL, PRIOR TO THE ARRIVAL OF AN AUSTRALIAN FORCE DRAWN FROM 4 INFA
The tunnel leading from Rabaul to the North Coast of New Britain. The surrounding hills form a 'V' above the tunnel, and two people can be seen using the tunnel, one of them riding a bicycle
RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN, 1945-09-11. PRIVATE N. PULVER (1) AND SERGEANT D. BARTY (2), MEMBERS OF 37/52 INFANTRY BATTALION, WALKING DOWN CENTRAL AVENUE OF THE TOWNSHIP DURING THE EARLY STAGES OF THE AUSTRA
